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Ankr Introduces Bitcoin RPC Endpoints
Ankr has launched Bitcoin RPC endpoints, enabling developers to easily interact with the Bitcoin network and build applications without the need for complex node operations.
Nous-Hermes 2 Mixtral 8x7B Surpasses Mixtral Instruct in Benchmark
Nous-Hermes 2 Mixtral 8x7B surpasses Mixtral Instruct in benchmarks, offering SFT and SFT+DPO models with ChatML prompt format, enhancing AI performance and user experience.
Arbitrum Activates Account Abstraction Endpoint Support on One and Nova
Arbitrum has officially activated support for the account abstraction endpoint on its One and Nova mainnets, following the successful passage of AIP-2.
Foreign Exchange Service Firm Midpoint Completes Acquisition of Blockchain World
UK-based Midpoint Holdings Ltd, an international payments and peer-to-peer foreign exchange service company, announced that it had completed the acquisition of Blockchain World Ltd.
TOR Network Vulnerability May Have Facilitated Dark Web Bitcoin Theft
According to a cybersecurity researcher, Bitcoin thieves and hackers have controlled more exit relays on the Tor network this year than in the past five, raising serious cybersecurity concerns that experts are looking to fix.
Bitcoin Sex Scam Claims Another Victim and Generates $115,000 BTC
Recently, a Bitcoin sex scam that has been running since 2015 accumulated fraudulent funds of approximately $115,000 before being detected.
Bitcoin and Anonymous Tokens Used in Illicit Child Porn Activities—Crackdown by Spanish Authorities
According to a recent report by Guardia Civil, Spanish authorities arrested several individuals involved in illicit crypto-driven child porn activities. Within the Kiru criminal operation ring, a man was detained for abusing his stepdaughter and using her to generate content for an illegal child porn website. Digital payouts were then made to an offshore account.
Exclusive: How to Ensure Random Numbers in Public Blockchain?
Following Part 1 of our interview, Jing Chen of Algorand further teaches our readers on how to ensure the randomness of a number in public blockchain! She also evaluates the existing Proof-of-Stake (POS) protocols: Delegated VS Bonded VS Pure POS!